Case digests, coverage of key rulings, and analysis of trends
By Colleen Murphy | January 22, 2025
“My clients felt like this denial of access was an injustice and they are thrilled that the Supreme Court has finally ruled in their favor all these years later,” CJ Griffin, a partner with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, said in a statement to the Law Journal.
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By Jules Epstein | January 21, 2025
What wins the day in arguing a motion in limine? A single argument or a decision tree approach of “Your Honor, we prevail because of Rule A, but Rule D also applies and so might F?” One answer may come from studying the dilution effect and an experiment on drug safety side effects information.
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By Mason Lawlor | January 7, 2025
Elevance Health, along with attorneys from Robins Kaplan, allegedly used a falsified health care billing spreadsheet to obtain a nearly $26 million judgment against a provider in 2021.
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By Colleen Murphy | December 18, 2024
“Watching a video in slow motion is a commonplace method of playing a video that is not beyond the ken of an average juror,” the New Jersey Supreme Court said in a per curiam opinion.
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By ALM Staff | December 5, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Michael J. Hutter | December 4, 2024
This articles discusses New York's attorney-client privilege laws.
"Due to the unquestionable importance of the privilege in the representation of a client by the attorney and the maintenance of the attorney’s professional ethical allegations, keeping abreast of judicial decisions addressing the application of the privilege is a must for New York attorneys."
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By Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley | December 2, 2024
Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley use case law to discuss the issue of spoliation—“an issue that courts have long struggled with.”
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By ALM Staff | November 21, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Jules Epstein | November 15, 2024
When is a business record not a business record. Without sounding silly, it is when it is someone else’s business. That explanation is fundamental and is express in the language of Rule 803(6) which talks of the record of that “activity” (the neutral word for “business”) and implicit in the requirement that the information therein be “by—or from information transmitted by—someone with knowledge.”
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By Jeffrey A. Galant | November 6, 2024
Creditors of corporate entities will, at various times, pursue the controlling shareholders to satisfy an undercapitalized corporation's indebtedness. Following along these lines, when it comes to income taxation, it is always important to be able to identify the proper taxpayer.
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